Charming Life (Very Slow Updates)

Chapter 18

Jax had rallied the guys to help load up all of the guns in the clubhouse. Even Emma had started to pull out weapons she knew were in certain areas.

As she was pulling out another gun her phone rang so she answered, "Hello?"

The voice on the other end spoke, "Emma hey, it's David."

Lightly smiling she replied, "Oh hey David. What's up?"

Huffing on the other end he said, "I'm going to need you to come down to the station. We just arrested Gemma for assaulting a woman with a skateboard. She won't call anyone to help post her bail. You were the first person I thought of and I figured that you could come try to help her out."

"Alright I'll be there soon," she said quickly as she hung up the phone.

Quickly handing over the gun to Jax, Emma ran behind the bar to grab her purse.

Jax watching her run around asked, "The hell are you doing Emma?"

"Hale just called me. Gemma's been arrested for assaulting someone with a skateboard. I'm going to go and try to bail her out."

Waving her off Jax said, "Go. Please convince her to let you bail her out."

With that Emma hopped into her mustang and drove off towards the police station. She couldn't believe what kind of day they'd been having.

Once she got to the station she walked in and heard Clay yelling, "What the hell did you do?"

To that Emma saw Gemma opposite him yelling, "Same thing you did. Nailed some little tart from Nevada."

Looking back at Clay he yelled, "Like I don't have enough shit oozing out of my ears. You gotta do this."

"You should've thought of that before your dick went on a cheerleader hunt," Gemma said.

"Hey! I didn't ask her to come here," Clay growled.

To that Gemma yelled, "But she's here!"

Officers were holding Clay back as he shouted, "Well, it's not my fault!"

Then officers on the opposite end were holding Gemma as she screamed, "And it's not my pussy!"

Taking both Clay and Gemma in opposite directions the people left in the squad room were stunned.

The only words that were uttered came from Stahl who said, "And that's why I'm single."

Emma stood shaking her head in sheer shock. She hadn't seen two people argue like that since before her parents divorce.

Hale looked over and saw Emma so he decided to call out to her, "Emma hey!"

Coming out of her shock Emma smiled lightly up at him then said, "Hey David. I can see now why you called me. What in the hell happened?"

He shook his head and said, "They crossed paths in here and then all hell broke loose."

Giggling slightly she replied, "Yes I can see that."

Looking down at her he smiled until he saw a large bump on her forehead, "What happened here," he asked lightly touching it.

Grimacing she said, "I hit my head on the floor when that ATF agent came into the clubhouse."

Hale gave her a concerned look, "What were you doing there?"

Sighing she said, "I was in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to finish brewing when the raid happened. I had no idea what was going on."

"Alright then. Come on I'll have Wayne take you to Gemma's cell.  I've got to finish a few things out here," he told her.

Emma smiled up at the kind hearted man then gave him a small kiss on the cheek, "Thank you David."

With that she was lead out of the lobby and to Gemma. Standing there slightly stunned Hale smiled and touched the spot where Emma's lips had just been.

Then a voice broke him out of his trance, "She sure knows how to work you, huh?"

Turning towards Stahl he glared at her hard, "You don't know her like I do. And what the hell were your men thinking roughing her up like that."

"Come on Hale she hangs out with criminals," Stahl said giving him a hard look as she crossed her arms.

That prompted Hale to get in her face, "Yes I know she hangs out with criminals. However, Emma is so much more than that. She has a clean record with no prior convictions, when Teller's kid was born she brought them dinner, she even visited the kid in the hospital multiple times, she sang beautifully during the Taste of Charming event at the school, sometimes she brings us here at the station dinner, and she's the kindest person I've ever met. She will go out of her way to make someone else happy and feel special. So don't you dare try to say that she is trying abuse the system, because you don't know her. "

Stahl smirked before walking away, "Keep your eyes open on that one and don't be stupid."

Once Stahl had left Hale was shaking his head in anger. Turning around he saw Emma looking up at him from around the corner. He saw that she had clearly heard him defending her.

After a moment of silence between them Emma spoke, "Did you mean all of that?"

Hale's gaze softened as he said, "Yeah I did. Every single word."

Emma took a few steps towards him and the wrapped her arms around him. David didn't know what to think at first. It took him a few minutes to ease into the hug. As he held onto her the scent of her perfume hit his nose. She smelt like a mixture of fresh apples, plums, roses, lilies, and orchids.

Letting go of him Emm looked up and smiled, "Thank you for defending me."

To that David let go of her and said, "It's not a problem."

He then looked around behind her and asked, "You couldn't convince Gemma to let you bail her out?"

Shaking her head she replied, "No she wants to cool off in there for the night."

This gave him an idea so he asked, "Well since she doesn't want to go anywhere do you want to grab a coffee with me? My shift just ended."

To that she replied, "Yeah I could go for a chai tea latte."

With that being said the pair headed to the coffee shop in David's car in silence. They both were comfortable enough with one another that they could remain silent. However the only problem was that one of them had stronger feelings for the other person that could not be reciprocated. The other person was fighting an internal conflict they were having for multiple people.